Music: Abroad

In Moscow, the Soviet Government took unto itself the estate of Basso Feodore
Ivanovitch Chaliapin. Last August they had stripped him of his title "People's Artist"
and of his other estate (in Yaroslavsk Province) because, they charged, he had
helped Tsarists to escape Russia.

In London, Sir Thomas Beecham, as full of musical energy and notions as
his father's factory was of pills, announced last week the foundation
of an Imperial League of Opera. His new scheme calls for 120,000
subscriptions of $2.50 annually to provide for an estimated deficit of
$300,000; seats for $1.40; a six...